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A new quantitative interpretation of the long-tail and plateau-like breakthrough curves from tracer tests in the artesian karst aquifer of Stuttgart, Germany = Une nouvelle interprétation quantitative des courbes de restitution à queue étirée et àprofil en plateau résultant de tests de traçage dans l'aquifère karstique artésien deStuttgart, Allemagne = Una nueva interpretación cuantitativa de curvas de avance con mesetasy largos limbos de recesión a partir de ensayos de trazadoren el acuífero cárstico artesiano de Stuttgart, Alemania = Eine neue quantitative Interpretation der Durchgangskurven mit langem Tailing oder plateauartigem Verlauf aus Markierungsversuchen im artesischen Karstgrundwasserleiter von Stuttgart, Deutschland

Goldscheider, Nico

In: Hydrogeology Journal, 2008, vol. 16, no. 7, p. 1311-1317

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    Titre
    • A new quantitative interpretation of the long-tail and plateau-like breakthrough curves from tracer tests in the artesian karst aquifer of Stuttgart, Germany
    Titre traduit ()
    • Une nouvelle interprétation quantitative des courbes de restitution à queue étirée et àprofil en plateau résultant de tests de traçage dans l'aquifère karstique artésien deStuttgart, Allemagne
    • Una nueva interpretación cuantitativa de curvas de avance con mesetasy largos limbos de recesión a partir de ensayos de trazadoren el acuífero cárstico artesiano de Stuttgart, Alemania
    • Eine neue quantitative Interpretation der Durchgangskurven mit langem Tailing oder plateauartigem Verlauf aus Markierungsversuchen im artesischen Karstgrundwasserleiter von Stuttgart, Deutschland
    Auteur
    • Goldscheider, Nico. Centre of Hydrogeology (CHYN), University of Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2009, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:321955
    Summary
    In 1998 and 1999, two multi-tracer experiments were conducted in the artesian karst aquifer of the mineral springs of Stuttgart, Germany. The breakthrough curves (BTCs) monitored at the springs showed very long tails or developed plateau-like concentration levels for more than 200 days. Initially, this observation was qualitatively explained by exchange between cavities with stagnant water and the active conduits. Since then, a new analytical solution for tracer transport in karst aquifers has become available, the "two-region non-equilibrium model” (2RNE), which assumes the presence of mobile and immobile fluid regions, and mass transfer between these two regions. The experiments were thus revisited, and it was possible to provide a more quantitative explanation of the observed behaviour. The new model simulated all BTCs very well, thus confirming the earlier qualitative explanation. The prolonged BTCs can be attributed to intermediate storage in cavities containing quasi-immobile groundwater, and slow release into active fractures and conduits. The results also demonstrate that karst aquifers are not always fast-flushing systems, but contaminants can sometimes remain in immobile fluid regions for long periods